Take the Cheesecake Factory’s list-topping Bistro Shrimp Pasta dish (pictured). It seems so innocent: a bed of veggie-specked spaghettini, overlaid by a handful of battered, fried shrimp, tossed in basil-garlic-lemon cream sauce. Surely not a dish you’d find on the Slim-Fast plan, but who’d guess you’re actually looking at a whopping 3,120 calories, 89 grams of saturated fat and 1,090 mg of sodium (according to CSPI)? That’s 320 to 520 more calories than the average “moderately active” male aged 19 to 30 is advised to eat over the course of an entire day, according to WebMD.

“Nothing about the way The Cheesecake Factory describes its Bistro Shrimp Pasta sounds extreme,” writes CSPI. “Sure, there’s cream and battered shrimp, but they’re mixed in with mushrooms and arugula, for heaven’s sake … It’s like eating three orders of Olive Garden’s Lasagna Classico plus an order of tiramisu for dinner.”

Speaking of dessert, the Chocolate Zuccotto Cake served at Maggiano’s Little Italy made CSPI’s list, a monster five-inch tall by four-inch wide slice “layered with sambuca chocolate mousse, iced with chocolate frosting and dusted with cocoa powder.” Any guesses? Try 1,820 calories, 62 grams of saturated fat, and 26 teaspoons of added sugar: according to the CSPI, it’s the equivalent of shoveling down 15 Hostess Ho Hos (would that we still could).

The right to choose what we eat is as much a cornerstone of a free and democratic society as free speech and a free press. Ditto for The Cheesecake Factory's right to pile on the salt, fat, and sugar. But just because they can, it doesn't mean they should.